TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009

ANTARCTIC PRESS FOR JUNE

BAD KIDS GO TO HELL #1

Written by Matt Spradlin, art by Anthony Vargas.

The Breakfast Club meets The Grudge in this sexy, dark comedy-thriller mini-series! A construction crew discovers a primal supernatural force when they break ground for a new commemorative library for Crestview Academy, a prestigious Midwestern prep school and home to the spoiled offspring of the city's social elite. Three years later, six of Crestview's richest (and hottest) students are brought together for detention inside the library. Bored, the kids goad one another into a half-hearted seance, only the joke turns deadly when they rouse an angry spirit ó and start to die one by one in horrible accidents! But are the murders the work of an evil phantom, or has one of these six conspired to bring them all together for detention in order to "level" the social playing field and do away with the competition?

48 pages, $3.50.

FIRE & BRIMSTONE VOLUME 1 TP

Written and art by Richard Moore.

Heaven or Hell ó let's rock with the tale of Fire and Brimstone, a fallen angel and a (slightly) risen demoness. They're half good, half evil, and all trouble! Five thousand years ago, they accidentally set free some of the worst demons and fallen angels imprisoned in Hell, ticking off both their bosses. Ever since, they've been paired up to atone by recapturing the beings they set free. Can two immortals from opposite sides of the fence survive the deity-slaying forces out to stop them without driving each other crazy?

110 pages $14.95.

GOLD DIGGER: PEEBO TALES SPECIAL #5

Written and art by Fred Perry.

Enjoy Advanced A.I. antics old and new as the Peebos discover video games, guilt, manners, fine(?) art, role-playing and much more! These little powder kegs will have you exploding-with laughter! Peebri discovers a brand new video game, all about rolling up big balls of stuff, and she can't get enough of it! Later, she and the other Peebos decide to hold a little live-action Tolkien role-playing-with Britanny's wedding band standing in for the One Ring. Surely this couldn't go wrong!

32 pages, $3.50.

GOLD DIGGER TECH MANUAL #5

Written by Doug Dlin and Fred Perry, art by Perry.

For over fifteen years, Fred Perry's Gold Digger has brought readers a wealth of incredible stories and memorable characters, not to mention some of the weirdest and wildest technology ever to leap off a drawing board. Now, we reveal the secrets and details of the fantastic array of gadgets, weaponry, vehicles, robots, and more, from cutting-edge discoveries to technology predating the entire universe, all told from the perspective of Gold Digger's foremost technology expert, Gina Diggers herself!

32 pages $3.99.

GOLD DIGGER #108

Written and art by Fred Perry.

Tiffany, Pojo and Charlotte go with Gina on a prep school field trip to do some real-life paleontology at a real dinosaur fossil site. Charlotte finds what appears to be a fifty-pound, peanut-shaped rock, which turns out to be a Saurian egg, preserved using that lost race's technology. When the cute baby Saurian inside wakes up, the kids befriend him. Can Tif' and company take their new friend Huston, the last Saurian, home before he hatches without being caught?

32 pages, $2.99.

HOW TO DRAW SUPERPOWERED HEROES SUPERSIZE TP

Written by Ben Dunn, art by Dunn, Rod Espinosa and Fred Perry.

Bitten by the radioactive drawing bug, giving you the insatiable desire to draw superpowered heroes? Terrified of tackling the task because you lack the mutant "artist gene"? Fear not, citizen! Ben Dunn is here to save the day! You'll pick up the basics of sketching super do-gooders faster than a speeding bullet, and once you learn the lessons within these pages, you'll be the best there is at what you do!

192 pages, black and white $24.95.

NINJA HIGH SCHOOL #173

Written by Robby Bevard and Ben Dunn, art by Dunn.

During a daring freedom fighter mission to rescue the enslaved magical creatures that the insane warlord Yuudai captured ten years ago, teen ninja Ricky Feeple, now grown into a man, runs into his former teammate, Kuro Katana. Unfortunatley, Kuro blames Ricky for the death of his brother, and he'll stop at nothing to claim his revenge. To satisfy his tainted honor, one of them will have to die!

24 pages, black and white, $2.99.

ROD ESPINOSA'S PRINCE OF HEROES CHAPTER 2 #3

Written and art by Rod Espinosa.

Aboard the passenger ship Nebulous Mirage, Ronen has bitten off more than he can chew as he confronts his toughest and most sadistic opponent yet, Sadir Mesozora. Out to avenge his kid brother's humiliation at Ronen's hands, Sadir has him on the ropes. The ship fares no better, as it comes under attack by an enormous pirate starship!